Heading off to college this year? Here are some fashion tips from our experts you should keep in mind：

　　Dress to impress：Stylist and business consultant Daniela Smith says, “Girls should keep in mind that your college professors will often be the bridge that connects you to your future career and your classmates will become your professional network．You don't need to dress like you're going to the office, but you should display an ability to properly present yourself with appropriate maturity and confidence, and look put together．”

　　Logo mania(品牌狂热症)：Wearing the logos of brands aimed at younger customers physically identifies you as part of that age group, so consider the targeted age group of the stores you shop at．It's tempting(诱人的)to load up on logos, especially well-known logos that signify high-end brands．But consider this：college is a time of self-discovery, a chance to develop your own personal style．Instead of wearing logos head to toe, “walking advertisement”-style, why not express who you really are?

　　Wear real pants! The combination of leggings and baggy shirts is all too common on college campuses．Smith points out that leggings, yoga pants, and sweatpants are entirely unacceptable in public unless you're exercising．Although leggings worn as pants are a common trend among high school and college girls, they are not an appropriate choice for daywear．As a young woman, your style choice should begin to reflect your maturity level．So, get rid of leggings and wear real pants!

　　Keep the cute factor to a minimum：Stay away from sweaters and T-shirts with smiling animals, cartoon characters, or Hello Kitty on them．Sure, kittens might be cute, but they're not doing you any favors in the style department．Dressing too cutesy can take years off your look, and not necessarily in a good way!

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　　Happy birthday! Do birthday really make people happy? Of course they do．Birthday celebrate the day when we were born．Besides, that extra candle on the cake suggest another year of growth and maturity-or so we hope．We all like to imagine that we are getting wiser and not just older．Most of us enjoy seeing the wonder of growth in others, as well．For instance, seeing our children develop and learn new things makes us feel proud．For Americans, like people in most cultures, growing up is a wonderful process．But growing old? That is a different story．

　　Growing old is not exactly for people in youth-oriented(以年轻人为中心)American culture．Most Americans like to look young, act young and feel young．As the old saying goes, “You're young as you feel．” Older people joke about how many years young they are, rather than how many years old．People in some countries value the aged as a source of experience and wisdom．But Americans seem to favor those that are young, or at least “young at heart”．

　　Many older Americans find the “golden years” to be anything but golden．Economically, “senior citizens” often struggle just to get by．Retirement at the age of 65 brings a sharp decrease in personal income．Social security benefits usually cannot make up the difference．Older people may suffer from poor nutrition, medical care, and housing．Some even experience age discrimination．American sociologist Pat Moore once dressed up like an older person and wandered city streets．She was often treated rudely-even cheated and robbed．However, dressed as a young person, she received much more respect．

　　Unfortunately, the elderly population in America is increasing fast．Why? People are living longer．Fewer babies are being born．And middle-aged “baby boomers” are rapidly entering the group of the elderly．America may soon be a place where wrinkles(皱纹)are “in”．Marketing experts are ready noticing this growing group of consumer．

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　　Below are some classified ads from an English newspaper．

Classified ads

　　For direct classified service call 800－0557 10A．M～4 P．M Monday～Friday

　　Come to our moving sale-Plants, pottery, books, clothes, etc．Sat, Dec．14^th－9 a．m．－5 p．m．1612 Ferndale, Apt．1,800－4696．

　　USED FUR COATS and JACKET．Good condition．＄30～＄50．Call 800－0436 after 12 noon．

　　MOVING：Must sell．TV 21,＄50; AM/FM radio A/C or battery,＄15; cassette tape recorder,＄10．Call Jon or Pat, 800－0739 after 5 p．m．or weekends．

　　SHEEPSKIN COAT：man's size 42, 1 year old．＄85．After 6 p．m．800－5224．

　　FOUND：Cat, 6 months old, black and white markings．Found near Linden and South U．Steve, 800－4661

　　LOST：Gold wire rim glasses in brown cae．Campus area．Reward．Call Gregg 800－2896．

　　FOUND：set of keys on Tappan near Hill intersection．Identify key chain．Call 800－9662．

　　FOUND：Nov．8^th-A black and white puppy in Packard-Jewett area．800－5770

　　OVERSEAS JOBS-Australia, Europe, S．American, Africa．Students all professions and occupations,＄700 to＄3000 monthly．Expenses paid, overtime．Sightseeing．Free Information at STUDENT'UNION

　　THE INTERNATIONAL CENTER plans to publish a booklet of student travel adventures, if you'd like to write about your foreign experiences, unusual or just plain interesting, call 800－9310 and ask for Mike or Janet．

　　UNSURE WHAT TO DO?

　　Life–Planning Workshop, Dec, 13^th－15^th．Bob and Margatet Atwood, 800－0046

　　FEMALE ROOMMATE

　　WANTED：Own room near campus．Available December 1^st．Rent＄300 per month until March 1^st．＄450 thereafter．Call Jill for details,800－7839．

　　NEED PERSON to assume lease for own bedroom in PT．Near campus,＄380/mo．Starting Jan．1^st．call 800－6157 after 5 p．m．

　　EARLY HOUR WAKE-UP

　　SERVICE：For prompt, courteous wake-up service, call 800－0760

　　BABYSITTER-MY HOME

　　If you are available a few hours during the day, and some evenings to care for 2 school age children, please call Gayle Morre, days 800－1111, evenings and weekends 800－4964

　　PERSONS WANTED for deliver work．Own transportation．Good pay．Apply 2311 E．Stadium．Office 101, after 9, a．m．

　　TELEPHONE RECEPTIONIST WANTED．

　　No experience necessary．Good pay．Apply 2311 E．Stadium．Office 101, after 9 a．m．

　　WAITRESS WANTED

　　10a．m．～5p．m．or 10∶30a．m．－5p．m．Apply in person, 207 S．Main．Curtis Restaurant．

　　HELP WANTED for house cleaning 1/2 day on weekend．When –to be discussed for mutual convenience．Good wages．Sylvan Street, call 800－2817．

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　　How many people have I met who have told me about the book they have been planning to write but have never yet found the time? Far too many．

　　This is Life, all right, but we do treat it like a rehearsal(排演)and, unhappily, we do miss so many of its best moments．

　　We take jobs to stay alive and provide homes for our families always making ourselves believe that this style of life is merely a temporary state of affairs along the road to what we really want to do．Then, at 60 or 65, we are suddenly presented with a clock and several grandchildren and we look back and realize that all those years waiting for Real Life to come along were in fact real life．

　　In America they have a saying much laughed at by the English：“Have a nice day” they speak slowly and seriously in their shops, hotels and sandwich bars．I think it is a wonderful phrase, reminding us, in effect, to enjoy the moment：to value this very day．

　　How often do we say to ourselves, “I'll take up horse-riding(or golf, or sailing)as soon as I get a higher position,” only to do none of those things when I do get the higher position．

　　When I first became a reporter I knew a man who gave up a very well paid respectable job at the Daily Telegraph to go and edit a small weekly newspaper．At the time I was astonished by what appeared to me to be his completely abnormal(反常的)mental state．How could anyone turn his back on Fleet Street in central London for a small local area? I wanted to know．

　　Now I am a little older and possibly wiser, I see the sense in it．In Fleet Street the man was under continual pressure．He lived in an unattractive London suburb and he spent much of his life sitting on Southern Region trains．

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　　He's an old cobbler(修鞋匠)with a shop in the Marais, a historic area in Paris．When I took him my shoes, he at first told me：“I haven't time．Take them to the other fellow on the main street; he'll fix them for you right away．”

　　But I'd had my eye on his shop for a long time．Just looking at his bench loaded with tools and pieces of leather, I knew he was a skilled craftsman(手艺人)．“No,” I replied, “the other fellow can't do it well．”

　　“The other fellow” was one of those shopkeepers who fix shoes and make keys “while-U-wait”-without knowing much about mending shoes or making keys．They work carelessly, and when they have finished sewing back a sandal strap(鞋带)you might as well just throw away the pair．

　　My man saw I wouldn't give in, and he smiled．He wiped his hands on his blue apron(围裙), looked at my shoes, had me write my name on one shoe with a piece of chalk and said, “Come back in a week．”

　　I was about to leave when he took a pair of soft leather boots off a shelf．

　　“See what I can do?” he said with pride．“Only three of us in Paris can do this kind of work．”

　　When I got back out into the street, the world seemed brand-new to me．He was something out of an ancient legend, this old craftsman with his way of speaking familiarly, his very strange, dusty felt hat, his funny accent from who-knows-where and, above all, his pride in his craft．

　　These are times when nothing is important but the bottom line, when you can do things any old way as long as it “pays”, when, in short, people look on work as a path to ever-increasing consumption(消费)rather than a way to realize their own abilities．In such a period it is a rare comfort to find a cobbler who gets his greatest satisfaction from pride in a job well done．

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　　What will power your house in the future? Nuclear, wind, or solar power? According to scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT)in the US, it might be leaves –but artificial ones．

　　Natural leaves are able to change sunlight and water into energy．It is known as photosynthesis(光合作用)．Now researchers have found a way to imitate this seemingly simple process．

　　The artificial leaf developed by Daniel Nocera and his colleagues at MIT can be seen as a special silicon chip(硅片)with catalysts(催化剂)．Similar to natural leaves, it can split water into hydrogen and oxygen when put into a bucket of water．The hydrogen and oxygen gases are then stored in a fuel cell(电池), which uses those two materials to produce electricity, located either on top of a house or beside the house．

　　Though the leaf is only about the shape of a poker card, scientists claimed that it is promising to be an inexpensive source of electricity in developing countries．“One can imagine villages in India and Africa not long from now purchasing an affordable basic power system based on this technology,” said Docera at a conference of the American Chemical Society．

　　An artificial leaf is not a new idea．The first artificial leaf was invented in 1997 but was too expensive and unstable for practical use．The new leaf, by contrast, is made of cheap materials, easy to use and highly stable．In laboratory studies, Nocera showed that an artificial leaf prorotype(原型)could operate continuously for at least 45 hours without a drop in activity．

　　The wonderful improvements come from Nocera's recent discovery of several powerful new, inexpensive catalysts．These catalysts make the energy transformation(转换)inside the leaf more efficient with water and sunlight．Right now, the new leaf is about 10 times more efficient at carrying out photosynthesis than a natural one．Besides, the device can run in whatever water is available; that is, it doesn't need pure water．This is important for some countries that don't have access to pure water．

　　With the goal to “make each home its own power station” and “giving energy to the poor”, scientists believe that the new application could be widely used in developing countries, especially in India and rural China．

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　　As China becomes increasingly urbanized(城市化), it has to find space for its urban and rural citizens as both groups become increasingly integrated．Experts suggest a possible model way may be “re-inventing” a “garden city”．

　　China's mega-cities are bursting at the borders and the country is now undergoing the quickest and biggest urbanization in the history of mankind．It is estimated that by 2025, China will have 400 million more people living in its cities, raising its urban population to 900 million．Besides, new satellite towns are mushrooming on the urban fringes while city ring roads are rippling outwards into the countryside at amazing speed．Satellite maps collected by Professor Joshua Bolchover at the University of Hong Kong bring the problem sharply into focus．They track the changing rural-urban framework in the past 30 years, and suggest that cities are cruelly destroying surrounding rural land and rapidly reducing the amount of arable(可耕种的)land, which gives way to new residential blocks, new industrial zones, new financial centers and the other inevitable signs and signatures of economic growth．

　　This, however, is not sustainable growth pattern, especially when China has the world's largest population to feed．So concerned urban planners are starting to note the social and physical effects of diaspora(大移居)when replaced rural communities are forced into the cities．

　　On the other hand, a trend of thought is gradually taking shape and this is the concept of the “garden city”, a combination of country and city that is being proposed by architects and city planners．Hua Li, from Tao Architects, is among the many professionals with such a voice．His argument is supported by a long-term study on this subject．As Hua says, the answer is to preserve patches of productive farmland within urban boundaries．Less transportation means we have fresh agricultural products at lower costs and less carbon emission in the city．And urban farmland can also be showcased for agricultural tourism and education．

　　The concept is already practiced at the grassroot level．Agriculture has gone into the air, up to roof and balcony in some communities in the cities．It's common to see organic “hanging garden” on the roof of some traditional courtyard home．According to some people, the rooftop project translate to tangible(＝ practical)benefits, such as safe, nutritious vegetables, a cooler home in summer．Some say thanks to the tomatoes they plant that are natural insect killers, there're fewer mosquitoes．Apart from these, it also contributes to better bonding with neighbors．Zhang, a doctor in Beijing, began creating his hanging garden five years ago．Since his garden became home to 30 kinds of vegetables and fruit-all enough to feed his family, neighbors have enjoyed dropping by for a relaxing chat or just to see how well the lovely vegetables and fruit are doing．

　　Although people like Zhang are still rare and the greening of roof space with vegetables and fruit takes skill and energy, with more positive media exposure and advanced technology there is the prospect that garden city will become common practice in the near future．By then, cities will no longer look so gray when seen from the satellites．

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　　Anyone for kimchi(韩国泡菜)? Around 2,000 women made the traditional dish last week in Seoul, the capital of the Republic of Korea(ROK)．

　　More that 270 tons f kimchi were produced and handed out to needy neighbors．

　　In the ROK, kimchi is more than a dish to be eaten with every meal, even though Koreans are said to eat about 40 pounds(around 18 kg)of kimchi per person each year．

　　According to kroea net, the country's official multilingual website, kimchi represents"the spirit"of the Koreans．

　　Kimchi traditionally has a rosy color．Korea．net says：“The color red wards off(避开)evil spirits．The color represents the spirit of the Korean people and kimchi is more than just a food．It's a culture．”

　　A meal without kimchi is unthinkable．So what is kimchi?

　　Joan Raymond, food writer for US website health．com, writes：“It's a reddish, fermented(发酵的)cabbage dish, made with a mix of garlic salt, vinegar, chili peppers and other spices．

　　It is served at every meal, either along with or mixed with rice and noodles．It is part of a high-fiber, low fat diet, which has kept obesity(肥胖)at bay．”

　　Kimchi is used in everything from soups to pancakes and as a topping(配料)on pizza and burgers．

　　Health．com named kimchi in its list of the world's top five healthiest foods as it is rich in vitamins, aids digestion and may even reduce the risk of cancer．

　　A study conducted by Seoul National University claimed that chickens infected with the H5N1 virus(bird flu)recovered after eating food containing the same bacteria found in kimchi．

　　When Koreans pose for photos, they say “kimchi”, instead of “cheese”．

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　　I made a pledge(发誓)to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage．For two weeks I would try to be a loving husband and father．Totally loving．No ifs, ands or buts．

　　The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio．The speaker was quoting a Biblical(圣经)passage about husbands being thoughtful of their wives．Then he went on to say, “Love is an act of will．A person can choose to love．” To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband．Well, for two weeks that would change．

　　And it did．Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said, “That new yellow sweater looks great on you．”

　　“Oh, Tom, you noticed,” she said, surprised and pleased．Maybe a little puzzled．

　　After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read．Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach．I started to refuse, but then I thought, “Evelyn's been alone here with the kids all week and now she wants to be alone with me．” We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites．

　　So it went．Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell museum though I usually hate museums．Relaxed and happy, that's how the whole vacation passed．I made a new pledge to keep on remembering to choose love．

　　There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however．Evelyn and I still laugh about it today．On the last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me with saddest expression．

　　“What's the matter?” I asked her．

　　“Tom,” she said in a voice filled with distress, “do you know something I don't?”

　　“What do you mean?”

　　“Well… that checkup I had several weeks ago… our doctor… did he tell you something about me? Tom, you've been so good to me… am I dying?”

　　It took a moment for it all to sink in．Then I burst out laughing．

　　“No, honey,” I said, wrapping her in my arms．“You're not dying; I'm just starting to live．”

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